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experience for me. - for thoseofuswhohave never been in a major pageant, what are some of the skills you need to master? - right. well, i think you really need to master just finding out who you are and being confident in who you are. that really shows why you're on stage or doing your interview and just being yourself. that really helps in pageants. - speaking of pageants, before making it to the national competition, you have to win the state competition. and you had a nervous moment there, didn't you? - i did. it was actually my first really big pageant where i had to answer an on-stage question. i just got stage fright and really nervous. i kind of blanked out at the moment. i didn't really answer the question really well. it kind of held me back. in the end, the judges said i did really well in my one-on-one interview. that really helped me win pageant. after that, i saw that that's what i really need to work on for the national pageant. it told me what i needed to work on. at miss teen usa i didn't bobble on the question. so all was good. - obviously it worked out for yo

experience for me. - for those of us who have never been in a major pageant, what are some of the skills you need to master? - right. well, i think you really need to master just finding out who you are and being confident in who you are. that really shows why you're on stage or doing your interview and just being yourself. that really helps in pageants. - speaking of pageants, before making it to the national competition, you have to win the state competition. and you had a nervous moment...

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new sat, that may not be true. ameliatellsusmore.>> while there are two types of standardized tests for students looking to go to college -- the sat or the act -- in this report, we're only focusing on the sat. that's because the sat has made some changes. to learn more about that, we're joined by rob franek. he's with the college-prep company called the princeton review. welcome! >> thank you. good to be here. >> so, what's changed? >> there are four big changes that have happened for the sat, and these big changes happened in march 2016. the four changes are the sat will no longer be testing on obscure vocabulary words. one of the most difficult things that i'd have for a princeton review student is to give them 500 words that they'll probably never use again to study for the sat, so that fear goes away. number two is that we've eliminated one full answer choice on the sat. so, previous to march 2016, there were five answer choices for each of those questions on the sat. now there will be four answer choices. number three is that the writing section, which was required for t

new sat, that may not be true. amelia tells us more. >> while there are two types of standardized tests for students looking to go to college -- the sat or the act -- in this report, we're only focusing on the sat. that's because the sat has made some changes. to learn more about that, we're joined by rob franek. he's with the college-prep company called the princeton review. welcome! >> thank you. good to be here. >> so, what's changed? >> there are four big changes...

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tests. but there's one thing that just about every oneofusteenscouldusealot less of. amelia tells us more. - don't stress. but that's exactly what i want to talk to you about, stress. first of all, on a scale of one to 10, how much stress do you often feel? - probably around a six. - like an eight. - i would say probably a nine. - i feel a level seven stress. - i would say a seven. - [amelia] how much stress do you often feel? - 10. - what causes your stress? - being put under the pressure to perform as expected and do the amount of schoolwork that we're given, do the tests to the level that i want to do them, like get all a's, so yeah, that's probably what causes most of my stress. - i have high expectations for myself and i really want to reach them and i get stressed out. i want everything to be right. - everything happens in my life, like school, going places. it's a lot to handle. - what causes your stress? - math. - i don't know, just auditions, or just things at home that i have to deal with, but i would say most of it is schoolwork and homework and projects and essay

tests. but there's one thing that just about every one of us teens could use a lot less of. amelia tells us more. - don't stress. but that's exactly what i want to talk to you about, stress. first of all, on a scale of one to 10, how much stress do you often feel? - probably around a six. - like an eight. - i would say probably a nine. - i feel a level seven stress. - i would say a seven. - [amelia] how much stress do you often feel? - 10. - what causes your stress? - being put under the...